Rental car prices when traveling

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Re: Rental car prices when traveling

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Last year I rented a SUV in Bozeman for $40/day. This year it is $180. Look at flying into Billings, driving 90 mins to Bozeman with a stop on DePuy on the way. You can save $80 to $100/day on the car rental.

One day savings on the car rental pays for your rod fee on Depuy. I can always rationalize converting a savings into fishing. :wave

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That’s a huge difference!
Anyone traveling to Montana should plan some serious time driving as the scenery is amazing

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I've never used Turo myself, but I have a brother who uses it all the time and it looks like they have cars available around Bozeman. I saw a Lexus GX 460 for $70/day, or you could splurge for the *gold* Maserati for $140/day! I have no idea how it works, but it might be worth looking into. -Nate

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Try Turo a car sharing site. https://turo.com/ Plug in Bozeman for the destination and your time frame and up will come cars that folks will rent out. I have used them with good success. No financial interest.

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It’s outrageous! I’m running into the same issue. $1,300 for a RAV4 in Bozeman for 8 days in June. Contemplating just driving but as the previous poster mentioned, it’s the time.

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you could splurge for the *gold* Maserati for $140/day! I
The day I roll into the Slough Creek trailhead in a Maserati will be one for the ages…. Joe Walsh is a requisite on the stereo that day.

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cregb wrote:
04/11/21 06:48
you could splurge for the *gold* Maserati for $140/day! I
The day I roll into the Slough Creek trailhead in a Maserati will be one for the ages…. Joe Walsh is a requisite on the stereo that day.
You’ll have to be doing 185. :D
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Guys, check Idaho Falls and it’s much closer than Billings. Not much further than Bozeman and the rentals appear reasonable. I did not look at how the flights compared though.

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Ya'll just need to go somewhere's else!
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